Negotiators Seek U.S. Budget Deal With Deadline Two Days Off

Didascalia:House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican from Ohio, center, is followed by members of the media as he walks through the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012.Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rejected the latest Republican offer to resolve the U.S. fiscal crisis as Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reached out to Vice President Joe Biden in an effort to break the impasse. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican from Ohio, center, is followed by members of the media as he walks through the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012.Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rejected the latest Republican offer to resolve the U.S. fiscal crisis as Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reached out to Vice President Joe Biden in an effort to break the impasse. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images